Joey puts heat on Hynes after starring role

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League icon Andrew Johns has enactment the unit connected Sharks prima Nicho Hynes to crook up successful large games aft a dazzling show against the lowly Wests Tigers.

Hynes was astatine his destructive champion against the Tigers, racking up a try, 3 effort assists and 4 goals successful the Sharks' 36-12 triumph astatine CommBank Stadium connected Thursday.

The triumph enactment the Sharks adjacent connected points with the Panthers successful apical spot, but Johns wanted to spot some Hynes and his broadside bash it against a large team, with the Sharks having beaten conscionable 1 top-eight hostile truthful acold this season.

The eighth Immortal pointed to upcoming fixtures against the Panthers and Rabbitohs arsenic 2 opportunities for the Sharks and Hynes to beryllium their credentials.

Nicho Hynes is mobbed aft scoring against the Wests Tigers (Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)

"I privation to spot Nicho bash it successful a large game, ain a large game, due to the fact that I haven't seen it consistently," helium said connected Nine's NRL coverage.

"Last twelvemonth successful the semis they got beaten successful the archetypal week by the Cowboys and Souths enactment 38 connected them.

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"The large trial for Nicho, we cognize the endowment is there, is the Panthers distant and the Souths away.

"We'll cognize if they're premiership contenders connected those 2 games, but besides Nicho, if he's that genuinely elite player, due to the fact that for me, he's showing large signs arsenic a nine player, but helium hasn't elevated himself to that truly elite halfback (status).

Katoa busts Tigers defence

"I deliberation we tin truly justice it aft circular 22 and 23."

The Sharks ran successful 7 tries against a much-improved Tigers broadside who showed immoderate tone aft their 74-0 drubbing astatine the hands of the Cowboys past weekend.

Sione Katoa led the mode with a hat-trick, portion Siosifa Talakai scored a double, with Jesse Ramien besides hitting the scoreboard alongside Hynes.

Cronulla scored the archetypal 2 tries of the lucifer earlier tries to Tommy Talau and Shawn Blore drew the Tigers level heading into the half-time interval.

The Sharks look a stiff task successful circular 20 erstwhile they caput to New Zealand to instrumentality connected the Warriors, portion the Tigers volition question to Newcastle to instrumentality connected the Knights.

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